This is merely a trick to promote it's adoption in HTML 5 and popularity in the mainstream. Nothing really changes with this statement. H.264 did note become more free in any important aspect.

Firstly it does not change anything for 4 years. The previous license was valid until 2014. We all know that is a long time given current tech progress.

Secondly only free video broadcasting is included. Should you decide any alternative delivery methods, want to actually create videos or anything other it is not included.

This is only making it free to actually transfer the bits that you already have. A limitation that I would argue should even be allowed to exist. And even if you still feel safe - MPEG LAy can change this license at any time.

Copyright note

Do note that different licenses apply to part of the site itself (for instance the free theme used) as well as embedded video.

About me

My name is Clarence Eldefors and am a freelancing web engineer (web developer, devops, sysadmin) from Sweden, living in the Netherlands.
I am since a while back working with a Swedish high traffic website.
Some favorite technologies/softwares:
Varnish, php, elasticsearch, mysql, memcached, chef, linux, sass.